A titular see in the province of Rhodope on the southern coast of Thrace, now called Bouloustra. It was founded about 656 B.C.
Abdera
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APA citation. Abdera. (1907). In The Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company. https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01030a.htm
MLA citation. "Abdera." The Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 1. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1907. <https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01030a.htm>.
Ecclesiastical approbation. Nihil Obstat. March 1, 1907. Remy Lafort, S.T.D., Censor. Imprimatur. +John Cardinal Farley, Archbishop of New York.
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Source Catholic Encyclopedia (1913) · Letter A